IP If IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY ft THURSDAY
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VIEWPOINTS MUST BE RE
VISED BEFORE AMERICAN
SAFETY ZONES CAN BE
CONSIDERED
Berlin, —Germany informed the!
Americas that the British and
French viewpoint must be “fun
damentally. revised” before she
could consider the American
‘‘safety zone.”
The German government de
clared its readiness for a further
exchange of thought on the sub
ject but said it saw little hope for
success because of the “will of
the British and French govern
ments to destroy from the begin
ning the basic thought of the se
curity zone.”
The Nazi position was stated
in a note handed to the foreign
minister of Panama by the Ger
man charge d’affaires there in
reply to a protest from the Pan-
American neutrality conference
on the running battle between
the pocket battleship Admiral
Graf Spee and three British crui
sers off the Uruguayan coast last
December.
FAMOUS NEGRO SCIENTIST
GIVES ALL TO FOUNDATION
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#, **fuskegee, Ala.—To perpetuate
his work in creative chemistry,
Dr. George Washington Carver,
Negro scientist, recently gave all
his savings—$33,000—t0 a foun
dation established in his name.
Born a slave, Dr. Carver has
become internationally known by
. developing new industrial uses
for agricultural products.
The aged Negro recently re
ceived the Roosevelt science a
ward.
The foundation also will be
charged with the responsibility
of preserving the Carver museum
Which houses many articles he
has devised from native materi
als.
VIRGINIA CONTEMPLATES
“UP-WARDS” INCOME TAX
Richmond, Va. The gener
al assembly received a bill call
ing for an upward revision of the
state income tax to provide ad
ditional funds for tfie public
school program, and engaged in
sharp debate over another bill
providing for a tieup between
county boards of supervisors and
school trustee electoral boards.
TOUR OF NEW ENGLAND
DISCUSSED BY DANIELS
Chapel Hill “New England
has two things the south lacks—
wealth and education, and yet to
day New England is beset by
many difficulties,” Jonothan
Daniels, well-known editor and
author, asserted in an address
before the Carolina Arts group
at the University of North Caro
lina.
Basing his observations ion a
recent five-month study tour of
New England, during which he
gathered material for his new
book to be released in April, Mr.
Daniels said “New England has
much to lose and the south has
much to gain. We are on our
back and can’t go any way but
up and New England is on the
, way down and apparently cant
atop”
Ho —
£ <v Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville,
N. C., is tiie largest artillery re
servation in the world
few
Jersongpmes
Mayor Nicks Is
Rotary Speaker
Thursday Night
Speaking on “Safety on High
ways”, Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr.,
told members of the Roxboro Ro
tary club at their evening dinner
session Thursday night that the
problem of highway safety be
comes each day more complex,
so much so that any reasonable
means to promote safety deserves
consideration.
In the Course of his address, Mr.
Nicks, who is an attorney, sug
gested that some improvement
might be effected through the en
actment of a law providing that
each driver, in case of accident
or collision, should be liable for
damages to the extent of the val
uation of his own machine, it be
ing Mr. Nick’s opinion that such
a law could be more effectual in
the checking of irresponsible driv
ing than a compulsory insurance
measure.
Mr. Nicks was presented by
the program chairman, J. D. Man
gum. Following a brief business
session President R. B. Griffin
announced that the club will a
gain meet next week at Hotel
Roxboro.
The measure discussed by Mr.
Nicks was first outlined by him
some two months ago and was at
that time presented in local and
daily newspapers.
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TOBACCO MARKET
CLOSES LAST WEEK
Final Offerings Composed
Os Poor Quality Leaf; Sales
Stop Thursday Morning.
According to a report of George
W. Walker, secretary of the Rox
boro Tobacco Board l of Trade,
the local tobalcco market sold 6,-
421,656 pounds of tobacco for
$917,292.40 during the past sea
son.
At one time it was thought that
the market would sell seven mil
lion pounds, but final figures fell
a little short of that mark.
Last year the market sold about
three and a half million pounds.
The final sales were made on
this market Thursday morning.
Sales were light the entire week
and the offering, generaly speak
ing, was very poor.
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The North Carolina State Capi
tol at Raleigh is considered one
of the four most perfect examples
of Doric architecture in the
world.
Large Crowd Attends Banquet
And Hears Talk By McSwain
Presenting an analysis of the i
significance of the Boy Scouts
as an American organization, H'ol- i
land McSwain, of Yanceyville, ;
president of the Cherokee coun- ;
cil, Friday night at a Scout “Fa- i
ther and Son” banquet of county
wide proportions, told Person i
Scouts and their sponsors of the
evening that Scouting in this i
county can be evaluated by con
trasting Scout work in this coun
try with the spirit shown by var
ious youth movements in Ger
many, Russia and Italy, where
Scout organizations have been
disbanded or supplanted by gov
ernment controlled or militaristic
youth groups.
Mr. McSwain, who is superin
tendent of Caswell county schools,
was an honor guest at the dinner,
hfeld at Hotel Roxboro as FfeftkmJ
County’s final event' in celebra
tion c t the thirtieth anniversary
of the foundation of the Boy
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Finnish Women Volunteer in Defense
■» v *flSms
Members of the Lotta Svard, women’s auxiliary organization of Finland, are shown doing their part in
repelling the Red invasion of their country. At the left a very young member of the highly trained organiza
tion prepares a ball of wool for knitting garments. Center: A cook presides over huge cauldrons in which
soup is being cooked back of the front lines. Right: Potatoes must be peeled, and another woman aids her
country by performing that necessary task.
Dollar Day Dates Announced;
Many Merchants Participate
Sales Event Sponsored By
Roxboro Chamber of Com
merce To Be Held Friday,
Saturday and Monday.
According to reports from W.
W. Wocds, secretary of the Rox
boro Chamber"Bf CoHthSSree; RoJf.
boro will have one of its largest
trade events next Friday, Satur
day and Monday, February 23rd.,
24th., and 26th. These days have
been designated as Dollar Days in
Roxboro and merchants are mak
ing plans fter a real bargain fes
tival.
Approximately fifty plaices of
business’ have agreed to cooper
ate in this big event and all ex
pect to have dollar day values
or bargains of one kind or the
other.
The stores are packed with
spring merchandise and much of
this as well as tether merchan
dise will be offered as Dollar Day
bargains. Grocey stores, service
stations, flower shops, beauty
shops, dry cleaners, electric shops,
drug stores, dry goods stores,
hardwares, jewelry stores, cases,
garages and practically every
type tof business will offer bar
gains of some kind.
Everyone is invited to come to
Roxboro on these dates. Every,
one is welcome and merchants
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i Scouts of America. In the course
of his address he congratulated
the Person council for its splen
did showing as a unit in the Che
rokee council. He was -introduced
by R. B. Griffin superintendent
of Person County schools. Others
who spoke at the banquet were
Gordon C. Hunter and A. P. Pat
terson, of Reidsville, Scout Exe
cutive cf the Cherokee council.
Singing of Scout songs was lead
by Wallace W. Woods and prior
to Mr. McSwain’s address troop
stunts were presented, and all
troops present were recognized.
A speciaf feature was music by
the Ca-Vel drum and bugle corps,
- under the direction of W. A. Pick
ering. Also part of the program
■ was the presentation of a bronze
, palm to Lawrence Moore, of
, Troop 24, and the awarding of
i first aid certificates to scouts,
■ leaders and others who have fin
r ished the course recently given
’ by Miss Lake Allen.
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SEVERAL TALKS
FEATURE END OF
FARM INSTITUTE
, Miss Lake B -
Snipes and Mrs. Cornelia C.
Morris Speak At Final Ses
sion.
A week of unusual activity in
farm agency and home demon
stration work in Person county
was brought to a close with an ad'
dress by Miss Lake Allen, of the
nursing staff of the Person unit
of the tri-county Orange-Person-
Chatham health department, who
spoke on. “Milk for Home Use
and for Marketing”, at the Fri
day afternoon session of the
Farm and Home institute held at
the county Courthouse.
Miss Allen advocated use of
sufficient quantities of milk at
, home, saying that each person
should have at least a quart a
day. She also gave practical points
in connection with marketing
! milk. Also speaker at the institu
te was J. B. Snipes, assistant
farm agent for Person county,
who discused the “Care and
management of Dairy Cows” and
the “Making of Butter for Home
and Market.” Mr. Snipes emphas
ized the importance of balanced
rations for cows, the necessity for
clean living quarters for stock,
and the importance of sanitary
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Miss Bradsher Is
; Awarded Master
; Os Arts Degree
1 Philadephia, Feb. 17 The de.
1 gree of master of arts was aw
■ arded to Miss Emily S. Bradsher,
■ cf Roxboro, N. C., when the Uni
• versity of Pennsylvania held its
l mid-year convocation of Univer
’ sity Council in the Irvine audi
» torium on the campus at 10:15 o’-
! block this morning. Miss Bradsh
■ er, who is a graduate of Mere
’ dith college, Raleigh, N. C., is a
, daughter tof the late Dr. and Mrs.
- Arch Bradsher.
i Approximately 300 graduates
■ from twenty states received
f degrees in course, and seven hon_
t orary degrees were conferrec
>at today’s convocation, which
- were tkh second in a series of
i major events on tiie program of
the University of Pennsylvania.
Farm Meetings To
Be Held During
Next Few Weeks
A. G. Bullard, teacher of agri
culture at Bethel Hill high school
will begin a series of farm meet
ings in the Providence club house
Tuesday night, February 20 at
7 o’clock.
Moving pieturco and farum-dis.
cussions will be featured through
out the series of meetings. All
farmers in section of the
county are invited to come to and
to participate in these discussions.
The following is a schedule of
meetings, all to be at night: Tues
day, February 20, Fertilizers and
Tobacco Varieties; Thursday,
February 22, Tobalcco Diseases;
Friday, February 23, The Agricul
tural Situation; Tuesday. Febru
ary 27, Reorganizing the Farm
Business; Thursday, February 29,
Producing Feed for Livestock;
Friday, March 1, Controlling
Worms in Hogs; Monday, March
4, Using Green Manure Crops to
Improve the Soil; Tuesday, March
5, Improving the Home Poultry
Flock and on Thursday, March 7,
Open Forum Discussion.
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STILL IN HOSPITAL
Harold Lee Perkins, formerly
of this city, is still a patient at
a Danville hospital. Reports have
it that he is “not doing so well”.
Along The Way
With the Editor
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Put Teague and Cy Kirby in the class that do not like
srj:w. The recent heavy snow crushed the roof of their garage
building and now they are having to spend some of their hard
earned money to get things repaired. It would really be bad
it these boys did not have much money, but since they do they
might as well spend it to help relieve unemployment.
Flash Gene Thompson did not have to buy but eight
boxes of Valentine .candy. It was said that he started a fuss
with the other twelve just before Valentine’s Day and re
tused to buy them anything at all. Now he will probably make
up with them.
Jack Pcwler, sanitary officer, will soon be ready to move
into his new house. In case you would like to give him a nice
present he would appreciate a bed, nice chair, carpet, electric
light, refrigerator or what can you afford?
E. B. Craven, Jr. had the misfortune to lose his water
heater during the last cold spell. The cost of a new one was
$12.00. Then he had to buy a ton of icoal. The cost of that was
SB.OO. E. B. was in the Hole $20.00 and didn’t know where to
get the money. So he decided that he might win the $20.00
Jack Pot at the theatre' on Wednesday night. He went to the
theatre, won the Jack Pot and went home happy.
Wallace Woods is doing O. K. as secretary of the local
Chamber of Commerce. His first big venture was to stage
Dollar Days. Someone said he decided to put these days on for
has own benefit. Said that Wallftc? yrqs yetting abort-of mon
ey and decided that it was liine to bfly a few bargains. Then
he jumped in and asked tbe me£cb?&ts, to holy. Anyway, he
has three big days planned tor this inoktii.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1940
Democratic Committee Favors
A New Court Election Law
FINAL RITES HELD
YESTERDAY' FOR
MRS. MONTAGUE
Passes Friday Morning A
bout 11:30; 111 For Past
Two. Years.
Mrs. John W. Montague, 64,
prominent resident of this city,
who had been ill for two years
and whose condition had been
serious since last December, died
Friday morning at 11:30 o’clock
at her residence on South Main
street. Death was due to a num
ber of complications and was not
unexpected, although she had re
cently shown some improvement.
Funeral services were conduct
ed yesterday afternoon at 3 o’-
clock at the residence by Rev. W.
F. West, pastor cf the First Bap
tist church. Interment took plate
in Burchwood cemetery.
Prior to her marriage a num
ber of years ago, Mrs. Montague
was Miss Adrianna Woody, dau
ghter of John D. and Sallie Pul
ley Woody. She was a native of
Person county and until about
10 years ago resided in Bethel
Hill community. She was a mem
ber of Roxboro First Baptist
church.
Surviving are her husband, J.
W. Mbntague, well-known busi
nessman of this City; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Joe Rylanif of South
Hill, Va., Mrs. E. M. Bailey and
Misses Maude and Maibel Monta
gue of this city; one son, J. W.
Montague, Jr., also of here; a
grandson, Byron Ryland, of South
Hill, Va., and one brother, James
Woody of Bear Creek.
Pall bearers were O. Z. Gentry,
R. D. Bumpass. Coy E. Day, E. G.
Thompson, H. L. Montague, Dr.
George W. Joyner, Clyde Bowen
and W. F. Timberlake.
Honorary pall bearers were:
Dr. G. W. Gentry, Dr. J. H. Mer
ritt, Dr. H. M. Beam, Messrs. S.
Ben Davis, Sr., G. C. Davidson,
L. D. Puckett, C. L. Jones, A. C.
Gravitt, W. E. Rudder, F. J. Hes
ter, W. H. Harris, Sr., A. S. Has
san, J. E. Kirby, R. L. Wilburn,
J. B. Riggsbee, W. W. Woods, A.
M. Burns, W. J. Edwards, J. Les
ter Clayton; J. S. Walker, A. F.
Durham, Jr., R. J. Oakley, C. H.
Oakley, Clarence Holeman, E. L.
Wehrenberg. and Walter Woody.
Flower bearers were: Mesdam
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THE TIMES IS
PREMIER NEWSPAPER!
A LEADER AT ALL TIMER .
NUMBER THIRTY
Endorsed R. L. Harris Can.
didacy And Named Meeting:
Dates For Precincts and
County.
At a meeting of the Democratic
Executive committee o/ Person
county Saturday afternoon the
following resolution was adopted
by those present:
“Be it received by the Demo
cratic Executive committee of
Person county, that, believing in
the election of all public officials,
by popular vote of the people, we
recommend that the next repre
sentative from Person county and
the senator from district pass
such law or laws as may be ne
cessary to elect the judge and so
licitor of the county court by
vote of the people tef the County.”
There was considerable debate
concerning this resolution, but
eleven out of twelve precinct
chairmen voted in favor of the
resolution.
S. F. Nicks, Jr. and A. M.
Bums, Jr. were named by the
committee to serve on the coun
ty board of elections. One mem
ber of the Republican party will
serve with them.
The board also endorsed R. L.
Harris for the position of Lieu
tenant-Governor, named May 4
as the date for prdcinct meetings
and May 11 far the county meet
ing and expressed sentiment fa
voring a purge of the registration
books.
REV. D. A. PETTY IS
P. T. A SPEAKER
Addresses Allensville Par
ent-Teacher Association On
“Christian Education.”
“Christian Education can and
should have a very definite place
in the course of study of the pub
lic schools,” Rev. D. A. Petty,
Methodist minister and pastor of
the Brteoksdale charge, declared
in an address to the Allensville
Parent-Teacher association Wed
nesday night.
Speaking on “Religious Educa
tion in the Public Schools,” Mr.
Petty stated that so far attempts
at Christian education in the
schools have not been wholy su<£
cessful. In spite iof previous fail
ures, though, we must continue
our efforts in this direction if we
are to be successful in fighting
communism, nazism, scialism and
other alien forms of government
which are threatening us within,
and without.
The minister pointed out that
failures in religious education
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Refusal To Take
Treatment Lands
Negroes In Jail
Felix Pettiford and Maggie
Pettiford, Negroes living on
the presises of Jacob Thomp
son, were ordered confined in
jail for purposes of quarantine
against syphilis on Friday by
officials of the helath department.
These patients had refused to
take treatment at the health de
partment clinic.
The time required to render
patients with syphilis non-inf ec
tous is not less than two to three
weeks, it was stated. During tide
interval, appropriate chugs are
administered which make the dis
ease non-contageous. Syphilitics
in jail are given individual quar
ters, and care is used to gmsd
against spread of the disease to.